Oral traditions as philosophy : Okot p'Bitek's legacy for African philosophy

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Totowa Rowman & Littlefield 2002Description: XXI, 179 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-8476-9772-X
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Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Visions of Africanity I -- Chapter 2 Defining the Philosophical, the Religious, and the Spiritual 27 -- Chapter 3 Oral Traditions as Texts 47 -- Chapter 4 Roles for Women in African Oral Traditions 71 -- Chapter 5 Western Scholarship, African Religions 91 -- Chapter 6 Problems of Translating Western Concepts -- into African Languages 109 -- Chapter 7 Authentic African Selfhood 129 -- Chapter 8 Responsibilities of African Philosophers 153 -- References 171 -- Index 177 -- About the Author 181.
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book Library of Ethnosociology & Ethnohistory 112.432 ASE Available 2457092-20

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Visions of Africanity I -- Chapter 2 Defining the Philosophical, the Religious, and the Spiritual 27 -- Chapter 3 Oral Traditions as Texts 47 -- Chapter 4 Roles for Women in African Oral Traditions 71 -- Chapter 5 Western Scholarship, African Religions 91 -- Chapter 6 Problems of Translating Western Concepts -- into African Languages 109 -- Chapter 7 Authentic African Selfhood 129 -- Chapter 8 Responsibilities of African Philosophers 153 -- References 171 -- Index 177 -- About the Author 181.